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Written by acclaimed national terrorism experts, White/Chermak's TERRORISM AND HOMELAND SECURITY is widely recognized as the most comprehensive, balanced and objective text available for the course. Packed with engrossing examples and cutting-edge research, the 10th Edition delivers a theoretical and conceptual framework that helps students understand how terrorism arises and functions. Focusing on the domestic and international threat of terrorism and basic security issues, the authors discuss the theories of the world's best terrorist analysts while presenting essential historical background on the phenomenon of terrorism and the roots of contemporary conflicts, current conflicts shaping the world stage, emerging groups, and theoretical and concrete information about Homeland Security organizations.